Friday, 25 July 2014

Here at Anglers Rest, things have been quiet on the blogging and working front and extremely busy on the domestic front.

As I mentioned in my last Desk Ramblings we were expecting visitors - my cousin and his wife from Australia. Their first visit to England. It was very exciting and I can not believe how quick their six week visit came and went.

We spent much time exploring, taking stock and looking at our bit of the world through the eyes of a tourist.

Wanborough Church - J Goucher

Like many of us, we do not visit or do things where we live. We simply take things for granted. We headed back to Surrey, to the parishes of my One-Place Study (Puttenham and Wanborough). Guildford, to the town where I was born, to the area where the family lived after they left Puttenham and Wanborough.

Font at Wanborough Church Surrey - J Goucher

To stand at the very font where my Cousin's father was christened. The same font that my Grandfather was christened at too.

For me, so soon after my Mum's passing I found the whole experience lovely, happy and sad at the same time.

We then headed up to Northamptonshire, to the area when my Cousin's Grandfather hailed from, before making our way to Inverness, passing through the Lake District, South West Scotland to see, albeit, briefly my husband's mother.

On the journey back we stopped at St Andrews and visited the famous golf course, Ludlow and into Wales and then Stonehenge. Over the coming weeks I will share some photos and tales of our time away.

The Book of Me is still going strong with some developments for the coming months. I also have a few plans in mind for this blog.

On our 20th Wedding Annivesary

Whilst my family were here, Stuart and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary. A lovely day and evening and whilst there was much laughter there was also a degree of sadness that my Mum was not here to share our special day.

Normal (ish) blogging will be resumed next week.
In the meantime, have a great summer and enjoy the sunshine!

Saturday, 19 July 2014

Today is week 47 of what is going to be a 15 month project. Each Saturday, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that week's Book of Me, Written by You.If you are new here, welcome! The details, background flyer and Face Book link to the Book of Me can be found HERE.

Saturday, 5 July 2014

Today is week 45 of what is going to be a 15 month project. Each Saturday, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that week's Book of Me, Written by You.

If you are new here, welcome! The details, background flyer and Face Book link to the Book of Me can be found HERE.

This week's prompt is - Comics and Annuals

Like many children I whiled away hours reading comics and looking forward to the Christmas annuals that "Santa" bought with a degree of regularity.

So this week a trip down memory lane.
Share the names of the comics and annuals - your favourites, special characters, memories
Pop along to a popular on-line auction site and see what the annuals and comics of yesteryear sell for!

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About Me

I am a Surrey girl, who is very proud of her roots, which go back almost 300 years in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. I currently live in the West Country of England, but Surrey is always home! I am also half Italian and thus have an interest in Italian culture and genealogy.

After a career in pharmacy management spanning more than 20 years, I made the decision to look at my options as to where my professional life was heading. I wanted to expand my work portfolio within the training and writing arena; to utilise my historical and research skills along with other qualifications and years of experience. I created The Book of Me, Written by You back in the Autumn of 2012. It threads together the focus of my interests and qualifications. Enabling me to encourage others to think beyond the obvious as we analyse our own lives and those of our close family members.

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